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Research & Resources
Welcome to our Research and Resources hub. Here you'll find research, reports, practical tools, and guidance to support animal-inclusive safeguarding practices. Whether you're a practitioner, policymaker, or researcher, these materials are designed to inform, inspire, and support your work in creating safer, more inclusive systems for both humans and animals.
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Our Research Interests Include:
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The intersection of crime and animal cruelty
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The use of companion animals as a tactic of coercive control
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Animal abuse as a high-risk indicator of domestic homicide
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The human–animal bond as a protective factor against domestic abuse-related suicidality
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The emotional and behavioural impacts of trauma on animals
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Animal Sexual Abuse
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Canine Behaviour & Training
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Green Criminology
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Applied Ethology and Anthrozoology
Publications
1 / Including Animal Abuse in the Eight Stages to Domestic Homicide Timeline (2024)
Discover how animal abuse serves as a high risk indicator for serious harm and domestic homicide, and how it can occur at every stage of the domestic homicide timeline. This underscores the crucial need to consider animal abuse thoroughly in risk assessments and include animals in safety planning.
2 / Breaking the Silence - Confronting Animal Sexual Abuse (2025)
Animal sexual abuse is a difficult and taboo subject, but avoiding the conversation means the issue remains unaddressed. In this article for Counsel Magazine, Christina Warner and I explore this hidden crisis, including how it links to other crime types, and offer a critical analysis of the shortcomings in current legislation and responses.
3 / The Compliance to Partnership Planet Model for Living with Dogs
In the world of dog training and behaviour, two very different approaches have taken shape—each influencing how we connect with our dogs.
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On one side, there's the compliance-based approach. This traditional method is rooted in obedience and control. The focus is on getting the dog to behave in a way that suits human expectations and often leaves the dogs needs unmet.
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On the other side is the partnership-based approach. This philosophy shifts the focus from control to connection. It values consent, empathy, and compassion, and asks us to truly consider what it means to be a dog. It’s about building a relationship based on mutual trust, love and compassion.
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To help illustrate these two mindsets, I present them as the Compliance Planet and the Partnership Planet. These planets reflect a broad cultural shift the must happen. One that moves us toward kinder, more respectful ways of living and working with dogs.
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The journey from Compliance to Partnership isn’t always easy—but it’s one that leads to deeper bonds, happier dogs, and more fulfilled humans.
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Click the button below to read the full article and discover which planet you're on.